Integer signedness error in Apple QuickTime before 7.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (appli
Integer signedness error in Apple QuickTime before 7.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PnSize opcode in a PICT file that triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.
- Published
- Aug 15, 2011
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 60.1% · 99th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-189
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Report tools
Action score
55
Plan
Add it to your regular patch cycle.
- CVSS
- 37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 18 / 30 · 60.1%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| apple | quicktime | cpe:2.3:a:apple:quicktime |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- apple quicktimeup to 7.6.9 inclusive
- apple quicktime7.0.0
- apple quicktime7.0.1
- apple quicktime7.0.2
- apple quicktime7.0.3
- apple quicktime7.0.4
- apple quicktime7.1.0
- apple quicktime7.1.1
- apple quicktime7.1.2
- apple quicktime7.1.3
- apple quicktime7.1.4
- apple quicktime7.1.5
- apple quicktime7.1.6
- apple quicktime7.2.0
- apple quicktime7.2.1
- apple quicktime7.3.0
- apple quicktime7.3.1
- apple quicktime7.3.1.70
- apple quicktime7.4.0
- apple quicktime7.4.1
Same product
apple: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2007-4677Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an invalid color table size w51Plan
- CVE-2007-4676Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed elements when parsi51Plan
- CVE-2010-1818The IPersistPropertyBag2::Read function in QTPlugin.ocx in Apple QuickTime 6.x, 7.x before 7.6.8, and other versions allows remote attackers50Plan
- CVE-2007-6166Stack-based buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.3.1, as used in QuickTime Player on Windows XP and Safari on Mac OS X, allows remote50Plan
- CVE-2012-3753Buffer overflow in the plugin in Apple QuickTime before 7.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service48Plan
- CVE-2012-3752Multiple buffer overflows in Apple QuickTime before 7.7.3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (app48Plan
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
Weaponized
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Evidence
- Metasploit module ×1
- Exploit-DB entry ×1
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| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB entry | local | 2011-09-03 |
| Metasploit module | exploit/windows/fileformat/apple_quicktime_pnsizeApple QuickTime PICT PnSize Buffer Overflowexploit | 2011-08-08 |
Research context
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Timeline
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- Metasploit-8 d
- Published
- First PoC+18 d
- TodaySep 29, 2026+5524 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- C · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- C · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- C
- Availability impact
- C
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-189 · Numeric ErrorsCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
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References
- securityreason.com/securityalert/8365
- support.apple.com/kb/HT4826
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17777
- zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-252/
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16059
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.